@article{Shah_Mubarak_2018, title={Media Discourse as Representative of Socio-Cultural Milieu of Law and Order in Pakistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Newspapers’ Headlines about Model Town Tragedy, Lahore}, volume={2}, url={//pjls.gcuf.edu.pk/index.php/pjls/article/view/51}, abstractNote={<p>The present study aims to explore how the underlying ideological perspectives of newspaper groups are depicted in reporting the same incident with the help of different linguistic choices. The study also focuses upon the use of brutal and deadly police violence against protestors and in result the deteriorating conditions of law and order in Pakistan pertaining to the Model Town incident, Lahore. The study takes into account the newspaper coverage of the incident and tries to shed light upon how CDA can help in creating awareness among common reading audiences to understand the hidden ideological agendas of the dominant groups and thus bring social reforms in society. The analysis is structured by utilizing the “three-dimensional model”, proposed by Fairclough, limiting the study to textual and socio-cultural practices only. The findings show a sharp contrast in the ideological stance of both newspaper headlines, totally depicting what the media groups want to portray and how they develop certain mindsets of masses in general. Secondly, deadly police violence is not something unusual in Pakistani context while dealing with protesters, and in this case, it is evident that nobody has been brought to justice till date, and the case is still in the court of law.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Pakistan Journal of Language Studies}, author={Shah, Dr. Syed Kazim and Mubarak, Asma}, year={2018}, month={Dec.}, pages={17-30} }